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president obama speech from west point begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern time. dollars this thanksgiving holiday, we have four days of booktv on2 on, beginning thursday morning with featured book on history, public policy, and politics. you can see taylor branch on his newest book, and here from little rock novelist. why should these authors discuss their new book. and learn about government contract and your you also hear mom-and-pop or its for from the recent miami book festival. watch booktv on c-span23 to get the full schedule, go to the web site. you can also follow it on twitter. happy thanksgiving. dollars now hearing examining head injuries in the national football league. medical professionals and former players testified about long- term effects of such injuries, and the extent of disability benefits players receive from the league retirement plan for former nfl players tiki barber and others are among the witnesses. this runs under two hours. >> welcome to our second panel, and i am delighted, dr. perfetto, for you to begin our discussion. >> thank yo
president obama speech from west point begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern time. dollars this thanksgiving holiday, we have four days of booktv on2 on, beginning thursday morning with featured book on history, public policy, and politics. you can see taylor branch on his newest book, and here from little rock novelist. why should these authors discuss their new book. and learn about government contract and your you also hear mom-and-pop or its for from the recent miami book festival. watch booktv on...
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i think obama got to lucky. he won the house and senate, and he has one-party rule, and to keep his party together, he has applied not to republicans -- he has to play not to republicans. he has to keep his party together, has moved farther to the left. he has put by partisanship out of reach to some degree just because there is nothing more dangerous in politics than [inaudible] >> you have done a lot, particularly in the health-care field, and i think, as someone who has been there for a long time, it is remarkable to see the ama supporting. they have opposed everyone sensed -- since [inaudible] also on the energy side were you have the utility supporting cap and trade as well as individual businesses, that is not translating into any support. i chose a couple weeks ago to have a former congressman and around here -- they could not deliver a single republican to support health care. what does explain the disconnect between elements in the business community that are willing to support the direction this is goi
i think obama got to lucky. he won the house and senate, and he has one-party rule, and to keep his party together, he has applied not to republicans -- he has to play not to republicans. he has to keep his party together, has moved farther to the left. he has put by partisanship out of reach to some degree just because there is nothing more dangerous in politics than [inaudible] >> you have done a lot, particularly in the health-care field, and i think, as someone who has been there for...
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. >>> president obama landed in china this morning, the third stop of his tour in asia. earlier today he covered ground negotiating a new nuclear agreement with russia. he met the president at an international summit in singapore, wornging to replace the treat country that expires next month. the president said things look good. >> in our first meeting when i traveled at moscow, we arrived an understanding that it made sense for our two countries to begin reducing further our nuclear stockpiles. our negotiators have made excellent progress over the last several months, our goal continues to be to complete the negotiations and to be able to sign a deal before the even of t end of the year. i'm confident that if we work hard and with a sense of uror jenscy about it that we should be able to get that done. >> president obama and the russian leader also talked about iran. obama said that time is running out for tehran to do something about its nuclear program. he said the u.s. and russia will keep pushing iran diplomatic alley and there are other options if that fails. but h
. >>> president obama landed in china this morning, the third stop of his tour in asia. earlier today he covered ground negotiating a new nuclear agreement with russia. he met the president at an international summit in singapore, wornging to replace the treat country that expires next month. the president said things look good. >> in our first meeting when i traveled at moscow, we arrived an understanding that it made sense for our two countries to begin reducing further our...
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president obama's speech from west point begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern time. >> this thanksgiving holiday we've got four days of book tv on c-span 2. beginning thursday morning we will feature books on history, public policy and politics. you can see taylor branch on his newest book, "the clinton tapes" and hear from two of the little rock noun. and learn about government contractors. you will see norman from the recent miami book festival. watch book tv on c-span 2. to get the full schedule, go to book tv.org. happy thanksgiving. >> now, comptroller of the currency, john dugan. he recently spoke at a meeting of the american bar association. it is 45 minutes. >> it is important to note that in addition to superadvising the national banks and agencies of foreign banks operating in the u.s. and serves as director of the fdic, he is also chairman of the joint forum on banking supervision and the international association of insurance supervisors. as we know, international coordination are key issues. and due to john's leadership, there appears to be
president obama's speech from west point begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern time. >> this thanksgiving holiday we've got four days of book tv on c-span 2. beginning thursday morning we will feature books on history, public policy and politics. you can see taylor branch on his newest book, "the clinton tapes" and hear from two of the little rock noun. and learn about government contractors. you will see norman from the recent miami book festival. watch book tv on c-span 2. to get the...
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there is a lot of obama people. but my question is, if they lie to you about that, what else are they not telling us? instead of making a statement, you ask it in terms of a question and you use the rhetorical. this is how i grew up. i used to ask my mother, how far is that from the earth? she would look at me and say, how far do you think it is? this is why i'm crazy. [laughter] i never got an answer. or if it's going to cost you $20, who's going to pay for it? they're not listening to us. because we don't often know how to frame the questions for them that they have to pay attention. and quite wrinkly, we don't hold them accountable. in this book, all those questions, and in this book are those answers. i struggle with this. i wrote this three times when i was in the process of selling a company, but i had to get it right. what a great way to end this. because i want them to listen to you. i want them to genuinely, genuinely here you and i want you to be optimistic and hopeful again. i want you to walk out of this
there is a lot of obama people. but my question is, if they lie to you about that, what else are they not telling us? instead of making a statement, you ask it in terms of a question and you use the rhetorical. this is how i grew up. i used to ask my mother, how far is that from the earth? she would look at me and say, how far do you think it is? this is why i'm crazy. [laughter] i never got an answer. or if it's going to cost you $20, who's going to pay for it? they're not listening to us....
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barack obama verses john mccain. all three of mine had barack obama beating john mccain in the debate. i say this to those who claim fox news isn't fair and balanced. with each debate aimed gave more time to talk to the panel and explain why they thought barack obama won. on fox news the three voter panels picked barack obama over john mccain. do you really believe they would have had that on msn b.c.? do you believe they would have been so open that republicans would have had that kind of opportunity? i respect my employer very much because knowing what the results were, they still put it on the air and still highlighted it and allowed me to do my job. this was early in the campaign. this is barack obama vs. hillary clinton. barack obama work harder than any presidential candidate i have ever seen to get elected. he knocked on 200 doors a day trying to find the last undecided voters. hillary clinton knocked on 200 doors but was just trying to find bill. let me show you barack obama's performance because in framing o
barack obama verses john mccain. all three of mine had barack obama beating john mccain in the debate. i say this to those who claim fox news isn't fair and balanced. with each debate aimed gave more time to talk to the panel and explain why they thought barack obama won. on fox news the three voter panels picked barack obama over john mccain. do you really believe they would have had that on msn b.c.? do you believe they would have been so open that republicans would have had that kind of...
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. >>> right now president obama son his way to ft. hood to join grieving families in a shaken community looking for answers to last week's deadly shooting spree. he will meet privately of relatives of those who were killed and then attend a memorial service at the army post. >>> right now the fbi is starting a new internal review to see if it missed any red flags about the suspect, major nidal hasan. >> i guess no one saw the signs on him. they missed the signs with him. can you imagine they missed the signs with someone else? i mean, you know, ridiculous. >> i think there were probably a lot of connections that should have been made that weren't made but we're at war and we're under a lot of pressure and maybe that's -- that's what happened. >> and remembering those who lost their lives live to the senate we go. they are observing a moment of silence. it's in honor of the victims and families of the ft. hood shootings. 13 people died in those attacks, 42 others were injured. and then we see the senator -- senator reid from las vegas,
. >>> right now president obama son his way to ft. hood to join grieving families in a shaken community looking for answers to last week's deadly shooting spree. he will meet privately of relatives of those who were killed and then attend a memorial service at the army post. >>> right now the fbi is starting a new internal review to see if it missed any red flags about the suspect, major nidal hasan. >> i guess no one saw the signs on him. they missed the signs with him....
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you can call him president obama. mr. obama. he's still obama and we like what you're doing and erick holder, you know he come from % the lu clinton administration and we'll have the same problems from the 90's. these people are out of touc$ with reality and real people in this country. host: tim brown, how is mayor bloomberg weighed in on this? guest: he's come down on the side of president obama and holder. i don't know his motivation mind that. i know that he respects the office. he's in office. he's the mayor of new york city and respects the office of the president. and in probably wants to work with them. i don't know what goes on in a great mayor. he and ray kelly. the commissioner of the police department i have great faith in them keeping this city safe. "táry these war criminals in a civilian court and give them the same protections that you and i have as united states citizens. host: warren, ohio for the never forget 9/11 coalition on the republican line. allen, are you there? allen from ohio? caller: am io on. calle
you can call him president obama. mr. obama. he's still obama and we like what you're doing and erick holder, you know he come from % the lu clinton administration and we'll have the same problems from the 90's. these people are out of touc$ with reality and real people in this country. host: tim brown, how is mayor bloomberg weighed in on this? guest: he's come down on the side of president obama and holder. i don't know his motivation mind that. i know that he respects the office. he's in...
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so what are the key sticking points for president obama? is the ability of the afghan government -- how much cooperation is he getting from president hamid karzai? >> not as much as he would like. president obama has suggested karzai do more to crack down on corruption and the illegal drug trade that funds terrorist activity there. but senior administration officials say it's skeptical karzai will follow through on his promises. now if he does not, "the new york times" reports the white house is considering shifting some money from the central government to local afghan leaders who cooperate with u.s. objectives, robin. >> richard, thank you. we'll have to watch this for sure. >>> so your state may have huge money problems. a new report finds that the same economic pressures that pushed california to the brink of insolvency are rattling other states. if there are signs the recession is fading, why are so many states struggling? >> you know how the job market is behind the rest of the economy? it's a little bit like that with state economies
so what are the key sticking points for president obama? is the ability of the afghan government -- how much cooperation is he getting from president hamid karzai? >> not as much as he would like. president obama has suggested karzai do more to crack down on corruption and the illegal drug trade that funds terrorist activity there. but senior administration officials say it's skeptical karzai will follow through on his promises. now if he does not, "the new york times" reports...
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obama stumped for both of them. what does this say about obama's influence these days? is it waning or is it okay? what do you think? >> well, look, there's lessons for both parties. for the democratic party, we have to activate our vote. the republicans activate their vote. but the democrats this year haven't done as good a job as the republicans in that regard. the voter turnout in virginia was down by half since last year. now, i don't think half of all voters in virginia just disappeared. what happened was that some of them felt motivated to vote and too many of the people on our side didn't feel motivated to vote. that's why there was such a sharp drop in both states. we have to motivate our base. >> it was interesting that the exit polls in virginia and new jersey, both of them said that they still like president obama. that their vote had nothing to do with him. do you agree with that? >> well, look, people elected obama, they elected me, they elected the democrats and put us in charge of the government, because they want change. and they need to see more of it.
obama stumped for both of them. what does this say about obama's influence these days? is it waning or is it okay? what do you think? >> well, look, there's lessons for both parties. for the democratic party, we have to activate our vote. the republicans activate their vote. but the democrats this year haven't done as good a job as the republicans in that regard. the voter turnout in virginia was down by half since last year. now, i don't think half of all voters in virginia just...
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for all of these reasons president obama and i understand that we cannot wait any longer to act. president obama has made it clear he is committed to passing comprehensive energy and climate legislation that will create millions of new jobs in secure clean energy sources that are made in america and work for america but in the meantime we are looking for ways that we can start reducing this threat right now. last friday i saw some of you at the white house state briefing that i hosted with lisa jackson the administrator of our environmental protection agency. at that briefings we talked about many of the steps my department is taking in this area for funding research on the health costs of greenhouse gas emissions to investing in committees to help demaris fanta climate related disease, to slashing greenhouse gas emissions and are owned buildings. this is not an afterthought for my department. this is a key part of our broader health strategy. wore and more we understand that health is not something that happens justin doctors' offices. whether you are healthier not depends on wh
for all of these reasons president obama and i understand that we cannot wait any longer to act. president obama has made it clear he is committed to passing comprehensive energy and climate legislation that will create millions of new jobs in secure clean energy sources that are made in america and work for america but in the meantime we are looking for ways that we can start reducing this threat right now. last friday i saw some of you at the white house state briefing that i hosted with lisa...
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the first lady, michelle obama. the texas governor, rick perry, defense secretary gates defending as well. the president and first lady met with the survivor and families of victims before the ceremony began. it started 40 minutes late because he wanted to continue to meet with them and talk with them and comfort them. we could see them emerge. a hush fell over the crowd as they walked down the stairs after that meeting with the president and first family. some on crushes. some wearing casts. it was quite a moment to see about a half hour ago. the ceremony continues. live continuing coverage on cnn. >>> the issue of abortion could derail health care reform legislation in the senate. democratic senator and abortion opponent ben nelson of nebraska says he will oppose any bill that provide federal money for abortions. house speaker nancy pelosi added restrictions on abortion funding to get it passed. democratic senator barbara boxer calls it rad call and says it prohibits abortion coverage and any government-run plan.
the first lady, michelle obama. the texas governor, rick perry, defense secretary gates defending as well. the president and first lady met with the survivor and families of victims before the ceremony began. it started 40 minutes late because he wanted to continue to meet with them and talk with them and comfort them. we could see them emerge. a hush fell over the crowd as they walked down the stairs after that meeting with the president and first family. some on crushes. some wearing casts....
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president obama will sign a bill today extending jobless benefits up to 20 additional weeks. lawmakers twice before extended the benefits up to 79 weeks total. here is melissa long in for jennifer on how the extension breaks down. good morning. >>> millions of people are waking up today without a job or fearing they could lose their jobs. this is welcome news. today's bill will extend jobless benefits in all states by 14 additional weeks and then people living in states with unemployment rates higher 8.5%, will get an additional six weeks of benefits. the bill may also boost the u.s. housing market. it is going to extend the $8,000 first time home buyer tax credit to june 30th. it also creates a $6,500 credit for current homeowners to buy a home if they have lived in their current home for at least five years. again, the president signing that this morning after it has passed through the senate and the house. be robin, we'll tell you how businesses may also get a tax break in this new bill. the story is coming up in less than ten minutes. >> melissa, thank you so much. >>> th
president obama will sign a bill today extending jobless benefits up to 20 additional weeks. lawmakers twice before extended the benefits up to 79 weeks total. here is melissa long in for jennifer on how the extension breaks down. good morning. >>> millions of people are waking up today without a job or fearing they could lose their jobs. this is welcome news. today's bill will extend jobless benefits in all states by 14 additional weeks and then people living in states with...
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. >> do you feel like obama was too quite? >> he has a million things to do. i voted for him and i campaigned for him. we want him to solve every problem. we want him to solve homelessness and hunger and i want him to lay some tile in my house. it will be legal in our lifetime. i can say that i am married to a white man. it used to be illegal for black people to marry white people. you should see our naked sex tape. >> we need to stop doing straight people's hair. we need to stop decorating their homes we need to stop designing their clothes and then we will see how quickly they come around. the drag queens are snapping. >> i am pretending to be day. >> the truth of the matter is that when obama was running, he was against day marriage. so which part of that sentence do they not believe. they said no. >> he is our great half white hope and people want him to do everything. and he cannot do everything. progressives have to be patient. we have two wars and people are going nuts. >> what i hope that we see is don't ask, don't tel
. >> do you feel like obama was too quite? >> he has a million things to do. i voted for him and i campaigned for him. we want him to solve every problem. we want him to solve homelessness and hunger and i want him to lay some tile in my house. it will be legal in our lifetime. i can say that i am married to a white man. it used to be illegal for black people to marry white people. you should see our naked sex tape. >> we need to stop doing straight people's hair. we need to...
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she's been on -- by barack obama. she's been on "time" magazine's list of 100 most influential people. she's served as the u.s. ambassador of hungary and was u.s. chief of protocol under president george w. bush. please help me welcome founder of susan g. komen for the cure, ambassador nancy brinker. [applause] >> thank you so much for that very kind introduction. great to be here with you all today. i would like to just take a moment and introduce three very important here at our organization who are here, came to be with me today, alexine clement jackson, would you stand please? liz thompson, vice president of our global health, and health sciences, and general fer larey, president of our komen advocacy alliance here in washington. i'm proud to serve with everyone here today from the komen organization. but i think all of us wish that we were here to announce that susan g. komen for the cure has found a cure for breast cancer and that we're out of business. and i frankly look forward to the day when i can make that
she's been on -- by barack obama. she's been on "time" magazine's list of 100 most influential people. she's served as the u.s. ambassador of hungary and was u.s. chief of protocol under president george w. bush. please help me welcome founder of susan g. komen for the cure, ambassador nancy brinker. [applause] >> thank you so much for that very kind introduction. great to be here with you all today. i would like to just take a moment and introduce three very important here at...
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obama called her a very nice-looking catwoman. and the first couple later held a reception for military families in the white house. >>> two men originally involved with a radicalist islamic group have an extradition hearing in canada tomorrow. a two-year investigation by the fbi alleges they conspired to commit federal crimes. their arrest came days after a shoot-out with the fbi in detroit. the son of an imam in that shooting was also arrested in windsor. >>> the number of kids who died from swine flu jumped this month. the cdc says h1n1 killed 19 kids for the week ending of october 23rd. at least 114 kids have died since the spring. the government says children are at high risk for h1n1 and should get vaccinated. as mary snow reports, the advice has some parents divided. >> want to get a class out or something? >> reporter: laura wellington says she does what she can to keep her 10-year-old daughter izzy healthy along with the rest of her family. but when it comes to the h1n1 vaccine -- >> i'm absolutely not getting the childre
obama called her a very nice-looking catwoman. and the first couple later held a reception for military families in the white house. >>> two men originally involved with a radicalist islamic group have an extradition hearing in canada tomorrow. a two-year investigation by the fbi alleges they conspired to commit federal crimes. their arrest came days after a shoot-out with the fbi in detroit. the son of an imam in that shooting was also arrested in windsor. >>> the number of...
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obama. >> thank you. welcome, everyone. how are you-all doing? it's good to see you. well, as desiree mentioned this is a very exciting time here at the white house and we are just excited to welcome all of you. we've got a big day going on. this is our first official state visit of the obama administration. it's very exciting for us. and today the president is welcoming and working with the indian -- india's prime minister singh and this evening, tonight, the president and i are going to be hosting our first state dinner. we are hosting for the prime minister and his wife who we met earlier today. so one of the things we thought, i don't know about all of you, is whether you wonder what are these state dinners all about? and these state visits, because when i was your age i didn't know what they were doing. so we thought it would be fun to take a little time to expose you to what's going to happen today and this evening. so that's why you are all here today and we are really excited to have
obama. >> thank you. welcome, everyone. how are you-all doing? it's good to see you. well, as desiree mentioned this is a very exciting time here at the white house and we are just excited to welcome all of you. we've got a big day going on. this is our first official state visit of the obama administration. it's very exciting for us. and today the president is welcoming and working with the indian -- india's prime minister singh and this evening, tonight, the president and i are going to...
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go to obama-weather.com. type in your location and watch the five-day forecast with the president demonstrating what to wear based on actual weather data from weather.com. >> the national forecast. >> he's barack obama, forecasting temperatures in the 80 no, sir miami wearing flip flops, shores and tank tops dressed in a parka in antarctica and carrying an umbrella when rain is predict and wearing an obama t-shirt in l.a. >> what did do you? >> i picked clothes. >> the outfits? >> yes. >> natalia lives in new york. her brother and a friend living in the former soviet republic of belarus. they taught it would be fun. they are computer programmers. >> i think it's genius. >> if you don't like getting weather from the president, you can choose angelina jolie or the character from future amma. why have people tell you how to dress when can have the president show you. most politicians are braving the elements. >> this has got to be a short speech. >> he is predicting them. the next best thing to accu-weather, oba
go to obama-weather.com. type in your location and watch the five-day forecast with the president demonstrating what to wear based on actual weather data from weather.com. >> the national forecast. >> he's barack obama, forecasting temperatures in the 80 no, sir miami wearing flip flops, shores and tank tops dressed in a parka in antarctica and carrying an umbrella when rain is predict and wearing an obama t-shirt in l.a. >> what did do you? >> i picked clothes. >>...
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max baucus, obama, and the democrats took it off the table. they replaced it with a 2000 page monstrosity. single-payer by contrast is simple and it works. under such a system the day that you were born you get a medical card with your name on. with this you get a free choice of doctor and hospital anywhere in the u.s. you pay no health care premiums to private health insurance corporations. you receive no bills. instead of the premiums now we would pay that amount or less into one public insurance pool. everybody in, nobody out. single-payer saves lives. 45,000 americans die every year right now from lack of health insurance. under a single payer system zero americans would die every year through lack of health insurance. because everybody would recover. single-payer covers everyone and saves money. we would replace the hundreds of private health insurance payers with one public payer. in one stroke we would take $400 billion per year in administrative waste profits and overhead and use those to insure everyone. single-payer would then use it
max baucus, obama, and the democrats took it off the table. they replaced it with a 2000 page monstrosity. single-payer by contrast is simple and it works. under such a system the day that you were born you get a medical card with your name on. with this you get a free choice of doctor and hospital anywhere in the u.s. you pay no health care premiums to private health insurance corporations. you receive no bills. instead of the premiums now we would pay that amount or less into one public...
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obama are expected to attend. >>> the city's mass transit strike is over. they agreed to a new contract. workers walked off the job last tuesday over a dispute about pension benefits. >>> a recent e. coli outbreak may have killed two people and made dozens sick in 11 states. well now, a congressman wants to government to make sure none of that beef got into school lunches. remember the big peanut butter recall in january? in a report, government inspectors say the schools were never told about ilt. >>> the morehouse college marching band is back in step after a bus crash. nice. some band members even showed up on crutches for a special performance on saturday. just a week ago, dozens of them were injured when one of their buses crashed on the way to a football game. >> my heart about stopped when we saw the bus on its side. honestly, we didn't think this would be possible on that day. >> i remember when the bus swerved, when it flipped. >> local high schools donated instruments to the band. that's great. >>> taylor swift poked fun at kanye west on "saturday
obama are expected to attend. >>> the city's mass transit strike is over. they agreed to a new contract. workers walked off the job last tuesday over a dispute about pension benefits. >>> a recent e. coli outbreak may have killed two people and made dozens sick in 11 states. well now, a congressman wants to government to make sure none of that beef got into school lunches. remember the big peanut butter recall in january? in a report, government inspectors say the schools were...
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agreed that being over in afghanistan is not really proving anything and i really respect president obama for taking his time and hopefully, in the future, very soon, they can do as mr. hoh suggested, get together at a table and try to bring up peace, because regardless of how people worldwide play feel about the people of afghanistan, they're human beings and they too, everybody needs to get together and talk and try to bring about peace, rather than continue on with the killing and also, i hope that -- democrats as well as republicans and independents would continue to respect president obama and for them to like try to continue to pull together, to make the united states a better place and also pulling out of the war -- >> thank you for your call. let me take the comment and turn it into a instruction for a viewer that says what is the scope of the defense, with regard to afghanistan and what are we defending? >> the state and purpose of our being there, the original purpose for afghanistan was to defeat al qaeda in the wake of september 11th, previously since the 2001 lcd hked has evo
agreed that being over in afghanistan is not really proving anything and i really respect president obama for taking his time and hopefully, in the future, very soon, they can do as mr. hoh suggested, get together at a table and try to bring up peace, because regardless of how people worldwide play feel about the people of afghanistan, they're human beings and they too, everybody needs to get together and talk and try to bring about peace, rather than continue on with the killing and also, i...
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including the obama name. >> barack obama, sr., married mark's mom after divorcing the president's mother. the president hhe is described but busive. >>> and this subcommittee is important because they control money, it's the subcommittee on appropriations, and they are also asking the cdc about why folks cannot get the vaccine. a house hearing is under way right now on capitol hill. lawmakers say there are too few vaccine manufacturers in the u.s. not enough people making this stuff. and that's just part of the problem, the department of health and human serviveices sa it is trying to speed up the distribution process as well. we'll listen to that and get you all the tidbits from this hearing and what it means to you and h1n1, the vaccine. >>> bob van dillen joins us now, our meteorologist. bob and i were talking earlier, it's looking pretty good. >> it looks decent. in fact, it's hot across the west coast, too. let me show you the rocky mountains, down across the deep southwest. this is high pressure sitting over the four corners. the heat continues to build. yesterday, record high arou
including the obama name. >> barack obama, sr., married mark's mom after divorcing the president's mother. the president hhe is described but busive. >>> and this subcommittee is important because they control money, it's the subcommittee on appropriations, and they are also asking the cdc about why folks cannot get the vaccine. a house hearing is under way right now on capitol hill. lawmakers say there are too few vaccine manufacturers in the u.s. not enough people making this...
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or first lady michelle obama? >> it has to be the first lady. there she was in this gorgeous dress. he is in the commander -- the commander in chief, but he wore a tuxedo. the first lady chose the china pattern. the headliner tomorrow will be "mrs. obama." >> we want to show our viewers to more -- some more of actinides entrances into the east part of the white house, including house speaker nancy pelosi. -- some more of the entrances into the east part of the white house, including house speaker nancy pelosi. >> my husband. >> the hon. eric holder. >> i am with steven spielberg, so my kids left me a series of questions to ask. >> pardon? >> who did you? -- your dress? [inaudible] >> [inaudible] >> can you give one or two? >> good evening, everyone. how are you? >> gayle king. >> i cannot hear a word you're saying. i am 67 years old and you cannot hear a word. the president and the first lady and the prime minister and his wife. thank you. >> biran abrian and tracy mathi. >> many elected officials, house members,
or first lady michelle obama? >> it has to be the first lady. there she was in this gorgeous dress. he is in the commander -- the commander in chief, but he wore a tuxedo. the first lady chose the china pattern. the headliner tomorrow will be "mrs. obama." >> we want to show our viewers to more -- some more of actinides entrances into the east part of the white house, including house speaker nancy pelosi. -- some more of the entrances into the east part of the white house,...
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president obama will meet with the grieving families at ft. hood today. also, we're looking at the connection between the shooting suspect and a moslem cleric linked to the 9/11 attacks and why there was no follow-up. >>> and look at this. a woman who fell in front of a speeding train was inches away from death and an unbelievable close call caught on tape. first, though, tropical storm ida is getting weaker as it closes in on the gulf coast, but the storm could drench the region with as much as 8 inches of rain. ida is expected to make landfall near the mississippi/alabama state line soon but florida and louisiana wiare taking precautis as well declaring states of emergency. >> usually when we have hurricanes, it's so muggy out, we can come out in our shorts. it's not brr out here down at the beach. >> oh, yeah, it's a little weird in november. you don't see it that much. it happens and we just have to roll with it. >>> well, let's go to bob van dillen now for the latest on ida. okay. so right now the concern is about the wind and the rain mostly. >> yea
president obama will meet with the grieving families at ft. hood today. also, we're looking at the connection between the shooting suspect and a moslem cleric linked to the 9/11 attacks and why there was no follow-up. >>> and look at this. a woman who fell in front of a speeding train was inches away from death and an unbelievable close call caught on tape. first, though, tropical storm ida is getting weaker as it closes in on the gulf coast, but the storm could drench the region with...
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obama? >> i welcome my brother's comments on this. we're going through the struggle that the democratic party did 10 years ago. i think it is a healthy debate. i think it is one where people with the biggest microphones represent the republican party. that is why i see it as a missionary job to reflect the different, a progressive republican sentiment on a number of issues to suggest that there are rooms for alternative voices. i think it is actually healthy. i think we did see significant evidence last tuesday that people who voted did both things. they ran on local issues. we're talking about ideological social issues. >> you are right. the democrats did go through it 10 years ago, but what we decided was it is ok to have a song from louisiana who was pro-lifer, pro-gun and he could vote the way he wanted to and still be a democrat. >> already is running ads attacking democrats. -- although she is running ads attacking democrats. hamas >my point is that we've ba majority with people. you s
obama? >> i welcome my brother's comments on this. we're going through the struggle that the democratic party did 10 years ago. i think it is a healthy debate. i think it is one where people with the biggest microphones represent the republican party. that is why i see it as a missionary job to reflect the different, a progressive republican sentiment on a number of issues to suggest that there are rooms for alternative voices. i think it is actually healthy. i think we did see...
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that is an in-your-face barack obama is this, this in the. is the casual subtle stuff like may be showing republican added that shows obama with a photo of children behind him about a sexual education concept that went on during the election and then cnn iran that actual and a republican party had a right to put out. i don't believe cnn or any other networks -- it's not responsible journalism. >> that advertisement to may showed obama looking like a pedophile. he is standing there like this, there are children behind him and it is barack obama wants to teach children about sex education. well, fine. show that. if you are the republican party but cnn, and as nbc, fox, no, don't show that and i think that was very damaging. >> you self published this book. what was that process line? >> i had to because the idea came to me from watching al gore debate george bush actually previously and i watched the debate and would think george bush really didn't do well, he really won that debate. al gore was very purpose oriole and at the end of the debate
that is an in-your-face barack obama is this, this in the. is the casual subtle stuff like may be showing republican added that shows obama with a photo of children behind him about a sexual education concept that went on during the election and then cnn iran that actual and a republican party had a right to put out. i don't believe cnn or any other networks -- it's not responsible journalism. >> that advertisement to may showed obama looking like a pedophile. he is standing there like...
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that helped obama. the margin of victory for those under 34 obama was 68% to 32%. john mccain received a majority of votes from those over 35. few of us were surprised to hear meghan mccain suggest the republican party was on the principles of becoming irrelevant to young people. now, it is a bit early to say, but some of us are starting to think that the top down television based model that dominated politics since the 1960's has been transformed by the obama approach. he absolutely perfected it. i am running out of time, and i do not want go over. a long and short of it is that this is an interesting opportunity. the parties of the 21st century are confronted with a rare chance. elections have connected a meaningful commitment and a renewed interest and activism, especially among young people. but the challenges of keeping this momentum are numerous. several steps can be taken, such as close coordination between candidates' efforts and party commitments. there must be a focus on local party structures, what ray was talking about a few minutes ago. parties like mo
that helped obama. the margin of victory for those under 34 obama was 68% to 32%. john mccain received a majority of votes from those over 35. few of us were surprised to hear meghan mccain suggest the republican party was on the principles of becoming irrelevant to young people. now, it is a bit early to say, but some of us are starting to think that the top down television based model that dominated politics since the 1960's has been transformed by the obama approach. he absolutely perfected...
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president obama has said it is a necessary step to restarting peace talks with the palestinians. >> now it falls on the united states senate to take the baton and bring this effort to the finish line on behalf of the american people. and i'm absolutely confident that they will. >> a lot happened this weekend on health care. president obama yesterday speaking, as you saw there, congratulating the house after it narrowly passed a $1.2 trillion health care reform bill. it calls for a public option which might not get enough support to survive in the senate version as they try to put their two ideas together. a senate vote has not been scheduled yet. those are some of the stories we're following for you on this monday. hopefully, you're having a great start to your week. >>> you know the accused ft. hood gunman major nidal hasan is in critical but stable condition and just this morning there are growing signs he may is been embracing extremist ideas about islam. classmates at a military college say they complained about what they believed were his anti-u.s. views, including a presentation t
president obama has said it is a necessary step to restarting peace talks with the palestinians. >> now it falls on the united states senate to take the baton and bring this effort to the finish line on behalf of the american people. and i'm absolutely confident that they will. >> a lot happened this weekend on health care. president obama yesterday speaking, as you saw there, congratulating the house after it narrowly passed a $1.2 trillion health care reform bill. it calls for a...
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it started before obama was even in office. so it was very overtly political. keep in mind all of us may hate the idea of the bailout but geithner pointed out that it likely saved the financial markets and the economy from other collapse. geithner says treasury is working to close out that program as soon as possible. robin? >>> jen, thank you. people who plead no contest or guilty to minor offenses are going to be asked to provide $25 in groceries instead of a $25 fine for court costs. >> i think a little bit of charity, they learn there are other needy people out there. sometimes we have people in court that i'm telling them to do this. you can go to the food bank and get some food because it sounds like you probably need it. >> it makes more of a point than just paying $25 that goes to waste. >> the court has been doing this for the past 11 years. they say it has been a big success. >>> soon, you could skip the customs line when you fly home from overseas. homeland security wants to expand an experimental program for prescreened travelers. so if you pay a on
it started before obama was even in office. so it was very overtly political. keep in mind all of us may hate the idea of the bailout but geithner pointed out that it likely saved the financial markets and the economy from other collapse. geithner says treasury is working to close out that program as soon as possible. robin? >>> jen, thank you. people who plead no contest or guilty to minor offenses are going to be asked to provide $25 in groceries instead of a $25 fine for court...
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chris, we just talked to the secretary, talked about copenhagen and the effort the obama administration is going to put forth. what did you hear? >> they're sending five cabinet members, including secretary chu and two senior white house officials over there to make the case that, even without the legislation having been enacted yet, the united states is acting aggressively to reduce emissions across a broad set of fronts. >> what will the secretary's role be at copenhagen? >> he's been eached as selling the message on energy efficiency and renewable energy initiates that the united states is taking. -- ininitiatives. there's $80 billion in the stimulus bill dedicated to renewables. he's going to make the case that even in the absence of legislation, this spending will reduce u.s. emissions. >> and joe hebert, you asked about india and china. what are you -- did you hear? >> i think the administration homes that if they can get india and china to commit to something and if they can show significant progress on that front in copenhagen it will help them come back in the spring and help t
chris, we just talked to the secretary, talked about copenhagen and the effort the obama administration is going to put forth. what did you hear? >> they're sending five cabinet members, including secretary chu and two senior white house officials over there to make the case that, even without the legislation having been enacted yet, the united states is acting aggressively to reduce emissions across a broad set of fronts. >> what will the secretary's role be at copenhagen? >>...
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this summer, president obama nominated mr. leach as the 9th chairman of the national endowment for the humanities. he was sworn in this august, after the princeton university woodrow wilson school and the school of government. chairman leach comes to with the undergraduate from princeton, a masters from john hopkins, and eight honorary degrees. but perhaps most useful in the rough and tumble, he has membership in the national hall of fame in stillwater, oklahoma. please join me in welcoming neh chairman, jim leach. [applause] >> thank you very much. my esteemed colleague, thank you for coming. and my wife. as chairman of the national endowment for humanities, i speak today to underscore the importance of humanities when the democracy is in question. the united states is currently engaged in military conflict in two countries more than 1/3 of the way around the world, each with a unique set of problems. our engagement is a result of the terrorist attack on our shores, plotted by terrorist for readouts. our engagement in the mid
this summer, president obama nominated mr. leach as the 9th chairman of the national endowment for the humanities. he was sworn in this august, after the princeton university woodrow wilson school and the school of government. chairman leach comes to with the undergraduate from princeton, a masters from john hopkins, and eight honorary degrees. but perhaps most useful in the rough and tumble, he has membership in the national hall of fame in stillwater, oklahoma. please join me in welcoming neh...
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president obama says the report is unsettling. he's urging congress to pass a strong child nutrition bill to help hungry american kids. the agricultural department says that poverty is the main cause of hunger. >>> winds as powerful as 95 miles an hour, well, they're pounding oregon's coast. sustained winds of 55 miles an hour are expected before the storm is over. power is out in some places. at one point a foot of water covered u.s. highway 101. >>> time for our ireport of the day. top architectural firms build structures out of canned foods. those are cans. the sculptures will be judged and after the exhibit all the cans go to a food bank. thanks to julio ortiz for spending in the pix. you give the news but you give your views. learn to be an ireporter, you'd be great. >>> five men have been arrested after allegedly using a fake search warrant to try to rob a bank. nevada authorities say that the men showed what they said was a federal warrant and then demanded money. the fbi says that they handcuffed and threatened the bank ma
president obama says the report is unsettling. he's urging congress to pass a strong child nutrition bill to help hungry american kids. the agricultural department says that poverty is the main cause of hunger. >>> winds as powerful as 95 miles an hour, well, they're pounding oregon's coast. sustained winds of 55 miles an hour are expected before the storm is over. power is out in some places. at one point a foot of water covered u.s. highway 101. >>> time for our ireport of...
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obama did not publicly defend the law enough even though he supports gay civil rights. a woman missing for about a year has been identified as one of the 11 bodies found in a registered sex offender's home. she was buried in anthony sow well's backyard. her daughter says he struggled with drug addiction. police ignored their missing person's report. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton will represent the obama administration for saturday's commissioning of the "uss new york." that's what an anonymous white house official tells the ap anyway. the billion-dollarship, the bow contains 7 1/2 tons of steel from the world trade center towers. >>> welcome back. i'm natasha curry in for robin meade. it's thursday today. swine flu forced a school district to cancel a program that encouraged perfect attendance. students won charm bracelets, gift certificates, or even ski lift tickets for showing up every day. school officials say it boosted test scores and qualified them for state money but they don't want kids spreading h1n1 so just in case so they won't miss class. >> and in
obama did not publicly defend the law enough even though he supports gay civil rights. a woman missing for about a year has been identified as one of the 11 bodies found in a registered sex offender's home. she was buried in anthony sow well's backyard. her daughter says he struggled with drug addiction. police ignored their missing person's report. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton will represent the obama administration for saturday's commissioning of the "uss new...
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stay with us. >>>, of course, president obama is commander in cheel. this veterans day he is consoler in chief. he laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns. the occasion was particularly poignant since the president led yesterday's memorial service for the victims of the massacre at ft. hood. today he paid tribute to those who served rand serving this country. >> in an era where people have acted in pursuit of narrow self-interest they have chosen the opposite. they have chosen to serve the cause greater than sell'. many after they knew they would be sent into harm's way. for the better part of a decade have endured tour after tour, protected us from danger and given others the opportunity for a better life. so to all of them, to our veterans, to the fallen and to their families, there's no tribute, no commemoration, no praise that can truly match the magnitude of your service and your sacrifice. >> now after the amphitheater service president obama visited section 60 for u.s. military personnel killed in the iraq and afghanistan wars specifically. >>
stay with us. >>>, of course, president obama is commander in cheel. this veterans day he is consoler in chief. he laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns. the occasion was particularly poignant since the president led yesterday's memorial service for the victims of the massacre at ft. hood. today he paid tribute to those who served rand serving this country. >> in an era where people have acted in pursuit of narrow self-interest they have chosen the opposite. they have chosen...
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i say obamaism is not going to work. if it did we would be celebrating the economic miracle of europe. i say to republicans, come up with something besides a tax cut in terms of explaining how you will do it. i would tell them as i did, i was very impressed with bob mcdonald, the republican candidate for governor. president obama was coming to campaign against him. he said the president is always welcome at the commonwealth of virginia. there has to be a personal grace note that the republican caucus has lost. he is the president. he is a figure that has -- demands our respect and he is well-liked and we need to do a better job as a party to separate -- and separate the differences of opinion about policy compared to how we speak to hiabout him as a person. there are people in our caucus who do not -- are not able to bridge that note. >> we spent time thinking about this but we will try to be concise. i would say to the republican caucus that i know lee atwater said when your opponent is busy destroying himself, do not i
i say obamaism is not going to work. if it did we would be celebrating the economic miracle of europe. i say to republicans, come up with something besides a tax cut in terms of explaining how you will do it. i would tell them as i did, i was very impressed with bob mcdonald, the republican candidate for governor. president obama was coming to campaign against him. he said the president is always welcome at the commonwealth of virginia. there has to be a personal grace note that the republican...
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when will he break from obama? congressman don edwards is another so-called progressive for single payer. she took single payer off the table. she, too, said in july anything less than a public auction tight to medicare rates was unacceptable. she, too, then reneged on a promise and accepted the puny public option. then just last week, guess what? steny hoyer posted a fund-raiser for donna and ones, johnnies have shell on capitol hill. host come $5,000, pact, $25,000, individual, $1,000. congressman raul brough of all, the head of the so-called progressive congress started out supporting single payer. now he's in favor of the puny public option. he says he will strongly consider voting against the puny public option if it is watered down to the triggers. this is what the democrats are good at, capitulation. capitulate, capitulate. let's look at the other side for a bit of guidance. joe lieberman, the senator will shut down the senate if to the tropics have for the health insurance companies. who will be our joe lie
when will he break from obama? congressman don edwards is another so-called progressive for single payer. she took single payer off the table. she, too, said in july anything less than a public auction tight to medicare rates was unacceptable. she, too, then reneged on a promise and accepted the puny public option. then just last week, guess what? steny hoyer posted a fund-raiser for donna and ones, johnnies have shell on capitol hill. host come $5,000, pact, $25,000, individual, $1,000....
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the president obama will be on capitol hill tomorrow to lobby in person. there will be two more democrats in the house when health care comes up for the vote. the winners of the tuesday special elections in new york and california. >>> right now in washington people opposed to health care reform in general are gathering outside of the capitol. republican leaders will address the valley. they are right now as we speak. a live picture from the hill. this is the t.e.a. party anti-tax group. minnesota congressman michelle bachmann is spearheading the rally which she dubbed a house call by the activists. last week she publicly invited t.e.a. party members to swarm the capitol to tell lawmakers they oppose this heal care reform. >>> could oprah winfrey be calling it quits? a new report claims she'll say good-bye to her daytime talk show in two years but she won't stay completely away. she'll move the show to the oprah winfrey network on cable which will replace discovery health channel. it would be a shock to industry insiders. many expected her to continue her
the president obama will be on capitol hill tomorrow to lobby in person. there will be two more democrats in the house when health care comes up for the vote. the winners of the tuesday special elections in new york and california. >>> right now in washington people opposed to health care reform in general are gathering outside of the capitol. republican leaders will address the valley. they are right now as we speak. a live picture from the hill. this is the t.e.a. party anti-tax...
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meantime the bill president obama signs today may also boost the u.s. housing market because it is going to extend that $8,000 first-time home buyer tax credit past the end of this month now to june 30th. it also creates a $6500 credit for current homeowners to buy a new home if they've lived in their current home for at least five years and they get it passed through the senate and house this week. it is on the president's desk this morning. also the bill could allow some businesses to turn their losses into cash. this bill lets all businesses apply losses from either '08 or '09 to any five years before 2008 so they can get an irs refund on the taxes they have paid. two big exceptions however. first, no business that took the bailout rescue funds, t.a.r.p., the troubled asset relief program funds from the government, they're not eligible for the tax break. also, any refunds for taxes in the fifth year would be reduced by half. again, this is something businesses have really been angling for throughout the recession. this is a long time in coming for th
meantime the bill president obama signs today may also boost the u.s. housing market because it is going to extend that $8,000 first-time home buyer tax credit past the end of this month now to june 30th. it also creates a $6500 credit for current homeowners to buy a new home if they've lived in their current home for at least five years and they get it passed through the senate and house this week. it is on the president's desk this morning. also the bill could allow some businesses to turn...
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obama called her a nice looking cat woman. there was a reception for military families in the white house. >>> two men allegedly involved with a ratdical islamist group have an extradition hearing in canada tomorrow. they were arrested in winsor, ontario yesterday morning. a two-year investigation by the fbi alleges they conspired to commit federal crimes. their arrests came days after a shoot-without the fbi in detroit. the son of imam was also arrested in winsor. >>> the number of kids who died from swine flu jumped this month. the cdc says h1n1 killed 19 kids for the week ending october 23rd. at least 114 kids have died since the spring. the government says children are at high risk for h1n1 and should get vaccinated. as mary snow reports, the advice has some parents divided. >> reporter: laura says she does what she can to keep her 10-year-old daughter healthy along with the rest of her family. when it comes to the h1n1 vaccine. >> i'm absolutely not getting the children vaccinated. no. it's not -- the risk is not worth it
obama called her a nice looking cat woman. there was a reception for military families in the white house. >>> two men allegedly involved with a ratdical islamist group have an extradition hearing in canada tomorrow. they were arrested in winsor, ontario yesterday morning. a two-year investigation by the fbi alleges they conspired to commit federal crimes. their arrests came days after a shoot-without the fbi in detroit. the son of imam was also arrested in winsor. >>> the...
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is obama's popularity waning or what do you think? >> the democratic party has to activate the vote. the republicans ablgt rate is their vote. the democrats have not done as good a job at the republicans. the voter turnout in virginia was down by half. i don't think half of all voters in virginia disappeared. some of them felt motivated to vote. too many of people on our side didn't feel motivated to vote. we have to motivate our base. >> the exit polls in virginia and new jersey, both of them said they still like president obama. the vote had nothing to do with him. do you agree with that? >> people elected obama, me, because they want change. they need to see more of it. we need to deliver. the people with expectations that voted for us need to have the expectations satisfied. there's are lessons to republicans. you didn't talk about new york. >> that was one for the team. >> think we're witnessing the disintegration of major political party. the last time that two of those counties that new york congressional district were represen
is obama's popularity waning or what do you think? >> the democratic party has to activate the vote. the republicans ablgt rate is their vote. the democrats have not done as good a job at the republicans. the voter turnout in virginia was down by half. i don't think half of all voters in virginia disappeared. some of them felt motivated to vote. too many of people on our side didn't feel motivated to vote. we have to motivate our base. >> the exit polls in virginia and new jersey,...
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what about the obama part, implying that he's not religious enough. that's a low blow, i think. >> but he is religious. as a matter of fact, his references to churches and where he is, he's very, very religious. >> do you think it was the religious thing? i think it was just the general, you know, government conspiracy kind of thing. who would do a thing like that. the democrats, the socialists. >> it has god knit. once god is in it, you know they're trying to get a little dig at the religious part. >> god was not accidental. >> no, that is true. >> do you think that she cares if this is false? does she even give a damn, that fox is saying she's full of it also? >> i think the scary thing is she thought it was the truth. they say her friend told her and so she took it. >> you're right, she did give her source. she did give her source. >> that was good. >> a friend told me. she gave her source. we just ignored that entirely. >> if you clicked on that link on the internet, you would have gone to it and seen her friend saying yes, i saw it somewhere, it'
what about the obama part, implying that he's not religious enough. that's a low blow, i think. >> but he is religious. as a matter of fact, his references to churches and where he is, he's very, very religious. >> do you think it was the religious thing? i think it was just the general, you know, government conspiracy kind of thing. who would do a thing like that. the democrats, the socialists. >> it has god knit. once god is in it, you know they're trying to get a little dig...
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even president obama admitted to, you know, there's i believe billions of dollars of waste annually. >> host: johnny, did you have out of-pocket expenses? >> caller: lots of out of pocket expenses. $21,000 so far. you know, i was asking the v.a. if they could pick it up and it was refused. >> host: thank you. we'll get a response. >> johnny, thank you for your service to our nation. we are grateful to that, when you were in the service. the v.a. takes care of 90% of your care until this. first of all, i would suggest you call my office in ohio and we'd be glad to go to bat for you on your some of the out of pocket costs with medicare and the v.a. the v.a. does some things, generally their course is waste because of the size of it. the fee for service medicare structure we have, we end up doing too many and too many treatments and doctors recognize that, that this isn't doesn't work that well for a lot of people that way and there is -- less fraud than waste, i think. the bill will help deal with that, it will not solve all that and the president, as you said, johnny, acknowledged in
even president obama admitted to, you know, there's i believe billions of dollars of waste annually. >> host: johnny, did you have out of-pocket expenses? >> caller: lots of out of pocket expenses. $21,000 so far. you know, i was asking the v.a. if they could pick it up and it was refused. >> host: thank you. we'll get a response. >> johnny, thank you for your service to our nation. we are grateful to that, when you were in the service. the v.a. takes care of 90% of your...
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>> no. >> but i read that you said the governor races yesterday were a vote for obama. now, we lost both of them. >> what i said it's a change election. >> oh. >> see, i really think new jersey was voting for change and i think virginia was voting for change. now, virginia, i think they made a huge mistake because the kind of change they're going to get is going to be women are chattlel. >> in virginia. >> -- they are still fighting slavery. virginia is one of the best managed states in the united states because they are 12 years of democratic governors, tim kaine, a phenomenal governor and they have, who's leaving now, mark warner. they are mark warner. and so, they're -- their finances in virginia are really, really solid. the thing on the ballot was a transportation issue. there's a lot of traffic in northern virginia mostly and so they were very upset about transportation. this guy bob mcdonnell that won, bob mcdonnell, i mean, bob mcdonnell like when you and me were chattel, we couldn't own things or vote. that's who bob mcdonnell. >> ah, those were the days. >> oh
>> no. >> but i read that you said the governor races yesterday were a vote for obama. now, we lost both of them. >> what i said it's a change election. >> oh. >> see, i really think new jersey was voting for change and i think virginia was voting for change. now, virginia, i think they made a huge mistake because the kind of change they're going to get is going to be women are chattlel. >> in virginia. >> -- they are still fighting slavery. virginia is...
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president obama promised justice. >> your loved ones endure through the life of our nation. their memory will be honored in the places they lived and by the people they touched. >> after the president's speech, he and the first lady placed presidential coins in front of the victims' battlefield crosses. >>> michael jackson's funeral cost more than a million dollars and jackson was buried in a $35,000 suit. that's from court documents unsealed during jackson's estate hearing. the singer's mother, catherine jackson, shocked her husband, joe by dropping the challenge against the state's two executors. the judge then told jackson he had no right to the assets of his son's estate. >>> you might remember the walmart employee trampled to death by a huge crowd when a store opened on black friday last year. there are new protections that may keep you safer this year if you head to a walmart. jennifer westhoven is looking out for us. >> as you can imagine, walmart don't want you to have one shred of concern about your safety. they want that totally handled so you can focus on having b
president obama promised justice. >> your loved ones endure through the life of our nation. their memory will be honored in the places they lived and by the people they touched. >> after the president's speech, he and the first lady placed presidential coins in front of the victims' battlefield crosses. >>> michael jackson's funeral cost more than a million dollars and jackson was buried in a $35,000 suit. that's from court documents unsealed during jackson's estate...
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obama did not. over all, the major party candidates accumulated over $1 billion, most of it by obama. the party money was down from 2004. the constraints have made it more difficult to keep up. let's split it up a party fund- raising. it provides a natural experiment to understand the relationship between campaign finance laws and party activities. the general election campaign had important effects on the political parties. obama's decision enabled him to raise and spend money constrained only by the regulation that no donor contributed more than $4,600 to his campaign. what makes this experiment even better is that the parties raised the same amounts in the 2004 elections when both of their nominees rejected public funding in the general election -- they took it in the general election but rejected it in the primary. the major parties shared a baseline going into the election. fund-raising was more acute for the dnc. the candidates did not participate in the general election. the race went on so l
obama did not. over all, the major party candidates accumulated over $1 billion, most of it by obama. the party money was down from 2004. the constraints have made it more difficult to keep up. let's split it up a party fund- raising. it provides a natural experiment to understand the relationship between campaign finance laws and party activities. the general election campaign had important effects on the political parties. obama's decision enabled him to raise and spend money constrained only...
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you know, they talk about obama not deserving the nobel peace prize. he got us out of that hole where people hated us after george bush's war in iraq and i think he deserves it just for that because he has people -- >> i think they are being activists, too. i think the panel or whoever gives the nobel prize were being activists. they were saying, you know, here, we're going to put the mantle of peace prize on you and almost force the conversation to be about peace. i think they were being activists because clearly after six, eight months, or whatever it was, one could argue that, you know, wait, what has he done? so i'm sure it was great for his distracters. i think they were being activists and trying to stir the pot and make peace be the conversation and not war. >> i saw george will on george stephanopoulos this weekend and he was saying, yes, he changed the conversation in the world and now we have people around the world that don't think we're idiots anymore and don't think we're warmongers. what good is it, he said? he thought it was just a big n
you know, they talk about obama not deserving the nobel peace prize. he got us out of that hole where people hated us after george bush's war in iraq and i think he deserves it just for that because he has people -- >> i think they are being activists, too. i think the panel or whoever gives the nobel prize were being activists. they were saying, you know, here, we're going to put the mantle of peace prize on you and almost force the conversation to be about peace. i think they were being...
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i voted for obama. now that that is out of the way i'm going to tell you this, everyone went into this with their expectations way too high. really, how do people keep getting their hopes up like this every election. high hopes lead to disappointment. she's like, get over it people. things don't change that much. i wonder what cory has been through in his or her life. could be a guy as well. kim is on the phone calling from virginia. all right, kim. you had an election there, didn't you. >> we did. we did. i was just calling in because i wanted to voice my opinion. i'm a die hard republican. i'm really sad. the big guys keep getting bigger. the small guys get smaller. 1/3 of what he was making before. these guys are taking advantage of it. contractors are. they're burning up, you know, these guys, good guys working in the business. 20, 30 years. try to pay them $8 or $10 an hour. our president needs to step up and do something about it. i think he's a good guy. i think he's got the means to do it. i jus
i voted for obama. now that that is out of the way i'm going to tell you this, everyone went into this with their expectations way too high. really, how do people keep getting their hopes up like this every election. high hopes lead to disappointment. she's like, get over it people. things don't change that much. i wonder what cory has been through in his or her life. could be a guy as well. kim is on the phone calling from virginia. all right, kim. you had an election there, didn't you....
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. >>> president obama in beijing. it was part of his eight-day trip to asia. he met with hu jintao earlier this morning. and in a sense president obama is checking in with the u.s.'s biggest banker. china's government may need assurance its huge debt of u.s. dollars are safe. and you don't see this very often. he pushed for greater freedoms in china during the and how tall. >> we do not speak to impose any system of government on any other nation. but we also don't believe that the principle that's we stand for are unique to our nation. these freedoms of expression and worship of access to information and political participation, we believe are universal rights. they should be able to all people including ethnic and religious minorities, whether they are in the united states, china or any nation. >> 11:00 p.m. or around 11:00 p.m. in beijing. president obama when he gets up, headed to the great wall and hochfully have a good time. good hike, too. >>> have you noticed prescription drug prices jumped on you? the last year the companies raised brand-name prices a
. >>> president obama in beijing. it was part of his eight-day trip to asia. he met with hu jintao earlier this morning. and in a sense president obama is checking in with the u.s.'s biggest banker. china's government may need assurance its huge debt of u.s. dollars are safe. and you don't see this very often. he pushed for greater freedoms in china during the and how tall. >> we do not speak to impose any system of government on any other nation. but we also don't believe that...
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also, president obama met with his half brother in china. you might recall that he has just published a book that says he was abused by his father, the father of president obama. and guess who wants protection from the h1n1 virus? the guys who wear big, white beards. robin? >> not the first. >> the vaccine. >>> nicholas cage brought about his own financial ruin. that's according to his business manager. he was responding to a suit the actor filed against him. levin says he warned the actor he could face bankruptcy unless he scaled back his lavish lifestyle. >>> it may be harder to hide than you think. wired magazine sent a writer on a quest to disappear to see if police could find him. he set up a fake identity with his own facebook and twitter accounts. he traveled across the country, using gift cards to get by. if anyone found him, they would get $25,000. >> i dyed my hair. had fake glasses. a had a fake wedding ring, a variety of disguises. >> the disguises didn't work. he was caught after three weeks on a pizza run. >>> some tv sets coul
also, president obama met with his half brother in china. you might recall that he has just published a book that says he was abused by his father, the father of president obama. and guess who wants protection from the h1n1 virus? the guys who wear big, white beards. robin? >> not the first. >> the vaccine. >>> nicholas cage brought about his own financial ruin. that's according to his business manager. he was responding to a suit the actor filed against him. levin says he...
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he asked president obama to meet to set up a fund rule. ochocinco tweets he set up a fund to pay fines each season. wait until you see what he has in pittsburgh this weekend. who knows. terrell owens will engage in a friendly on-line roast, throwing light-hearted jabs at each other to see who gets mad first. two receivers who will do anything for attention, like this. this will be fun. it's a good day for charities supported by the nfl. jay cutler or pony up $20,000 for his conduct towards an official in sunday's blowout loss to arizona. it taps off a bad week for cutler. he threw five interceptions on thursday. >>> madoff belongs will be auctioned off. among the items, that jacket. there's expensive jewelry, rolex watches and hundreds of pairs of mens shoes all bought with someone else's money. but the collection is largely underwhelming. that's sports. >>> hi there, i'm robin meade. we salute the troops every weekday. let's do it on the weekend too. it's private first class aaron william oxeford from his mom. she missed his birthday and
he asked president obama to meet to set up a fund rule. ochocinco tweets he set up a fund to pay fines each season. wait until you see what he has in pittsburgh this weekend. who knows. terrell owens will engage in a friendly on-line roast, throwing light-hearted jabs at each other to see who gets mad first. two receivers who will do anything for attention, like this. this will be fun. it's a good day for charities supported by the nfl. jay cutler or pony up $20,000 for his conduct towards an...